"The trouble for the thief is not how……" — Maya Angelou

"The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it."

— Maya Angelou

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760 Quotes by Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou has 760 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go…
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able…
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You…
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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More Blow Quotes

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Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever;… — J. J. Abrams
You blows who you is. — Louis Armstrong
My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear… — Desi Arnaz
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn… — Saint Augustine
Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. — Abu Bakr
There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could… — Beck
The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little… — Catherine Bell
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge… — Aeschylus
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone. — Aeschylus
My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man… — Aeschylus
I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take… — Erma Bombeck
I dare not drink before a gig because I'll get tired and blow it. So I have to sit drinking… — John Bonham

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